Native Fisheries News

    There are 11 stories pertaining to Natural Resources - Native Fisheries.

Death of the movement

Death of the movement
12 Mar 2005
National Post

Environmentalists were once inspired agents of change. They invented and popularized novel technologies such as the renewable energy and recycling systems that have so captured the public's imagination. They developed theories about the merits of small-scale, decentralized systems – E.F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful of 1973 was only one of hundreds of titles that advanced our understanding of the nature of economies.  Full story »

NAFTA greens us up

Lawrence Solomon
11 Dec 2002
National Post

 

It's NAFTA's 10th anniversary and what a great decade for the environment it's been. Sulphur dioxide emissions are down, ground level ozone levels are down, inhalable airborne particle levels are down and energy efficiency is up. Our air is clearer, our water is cleaner and, as a by-product, we're healthier, too.  Full story »

Property rights no fishery solution

Jay Lugar
7 Nov 2000
National Post

In two recent pieces, onOct. 10 and Oct. 24, this page provided Lawrence Solomon an open forum to espouse his views on integrating aboriginal Canadians into the Atlantic fishery.  Full story »

The Mi'kmaq free market lobster revolution

Lawrence Solomon
24 Oct 2000
National Post

Two battles are under way at Burnt Church, New Brunswick. One -- a skirmish --has been all over the headlines; the other -- a revolution -- has been entirely ignored.  Full story »

Not real property rights

Karen Selick
23 Oct 2000
National Post

I agree wholeheartedly with Larry Solomon's contention (Property Rights for White Fishermen Too, Oct. 10) that property rights for fishermen of all races would solve the lobster fishery problem and that we should badger our politicians into recognizing this.  Full story »

Property rights for white fishermen too

Lawrence Solomon
10 Oct 2000
National Post

Yo, you white Maritime lobster fishermen, get over it! The natives won; you lost. "A deal is a deal," the Supreme Court stated last September. The Mi'kmaq have first dibs on the fishery; you get to divvy up most of what's left.  Full story »

Dhaliwal: Lobster conservation 'first priority'

Herb Dhaliwal, G. Campbell McDonald, and Gerald Woods
3 Oct 2000
National Post

May I provide some facts relating to your editorial of Sept. 26 (Courting Disaster). Any time you need basic information, I would cordially invite you to contact officials of my department or the DFO Web site.

 You state that "only now that a federal election call is imminent are illegal lobster traps being seized -- a year after they were first set." This is inaccurate.  Full story »

Anger mounts

Paul Barnsley
1 Oct 2000
Windspeaker

Mi'kmaq lobster fishers are finding themselves in hot water for doing the same thing that the Supreme Court of Canada acquitted Donald Marshall, Jr. of doing a year ago.  Full story »

Lobster trap

Lawrence Solomon
26 Sep 2000
National Post

Phony conservation claims and sharp dealing by the federal fisheries minister foil justice for the natives of Burnt Church.  Full story »